Palmer Bay
Palmer Bay is a bay 1 nautical mile wide, lying immediately west of Crown Head on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer in the sloop James Monroe.- Cove
- …is also known as “Palmer, bahia”
- Description: bay in the South Orkney Islands
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.616° or 60° 36′ 58″ south
Longitude
-45.333° or 45° 19′ 59″ west
Open location code
38FP9MM8+JR
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Palmer Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕爾默灣”
- German: “Palmer Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palmer Bay”
- Spanish: “Palmer, bahía”
- Swedish: “Palmer Bay”
- Swedish: “Palmer, bahía”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crown Head and Findlay Point.
Antarctica: Highlights
Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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